From megaliths to tombstones: the transition from prehistory to the early islamic period in highland west sumatra

2004/07/01 by John N. Miksic · 34 citations
Social Sciences · #Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies #Asian Studies and History #Southeast Asian Sociopolitical Studies #Prehistory #Islam #Megalith #Period (music) #Ancient history #History #Persian #Geography #Archaeology #Art #Theology

paper · doi:10.1080/1363981042000320134

published in Indonesia and the Malay World 32(93), 191-210 (Taylor & Francis)

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Abstract

The highland–lowland nexus has been one of the staples of historical and anthropological analysis of mainland Southeast Asian studies. At the risk of greatly oversimplifying the situation, it is po...

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